| Ex. SC-063 | Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01)Statewide mandate requiring masks or facial coverings in every county and municipal courthouse | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | July 30, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-027 | Executive Order No. 2020-50Initiating Additional Emergency Measures and Consolidating Previous Orders | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Aug. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-057 | South Carolina Department of Education Face Covering Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools (last updated Aug. 3, 2020)Face coverings required on school buses and in public school facilities for the 2020-21 school year | South Carolina Department of Education (Superintendent Molly M. Spearman) | South CarolinaSector regulator | Aug. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-028 | Executive Order No. 2020-53State of Emergency | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Aug. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Emergency declarationHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-029 | Executive Order No. 2020-63Amending and Consolidating Emergency Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Oct. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-030 | Executive Order No. 2020-73Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Nov. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-064 | Order re Circuit Court Jury Trials (2020-12-03-01)No circuit-court jury trials to commence after December 4, 2020 | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | Dec. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-052 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended December 16, 2020) (2020-12-16-01)Winter 2020-21 amended trial-court order: masks, fever screening, 113 square feet per person, jury trials only under approved plans | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | Dec. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-031 | Executive Order No. 2020-77State of Emergency | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Dec. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-065 | Order re In-Person Proceedings in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity (2021-01-06-01; as amended Jan. 8, 2021, 2021-01-08-01)All in-person proceedings statewide suspended from January 11, 2021 | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | Jan. 6, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-032 | Executive Order No. 2021-11Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Mar. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q1 | Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirement | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-033 | Executive Order No. 2021-12Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Mar. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Emergency declarationTelework mandateOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-053 | Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01)Resumption of in-person proceedings March 15, 2021 and jury trials April 5, 2021 under safety plans | Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty | South CarolinaCourt | Feb. 26, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-034 | Executive Order No. 2021-19Prioritizing and Protecting South Carolina's Children | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | Apr. 12, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-044 | Act No. 102 of 2021 (S. 704), Joint ResolutionTo Provide for a Return to Five-Day, In-Person Classroom Instruction for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 School Years... and to Provide… | General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 704, ratified R. 33, Apr. 22, 2021; signed Apr. 23, 2021) | South CarolinaState | Apr. 22, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-035 | Executive Order No. 2021-23Emergency Measures Regarding Face Coverings, Vaccine Passports, and Other Matters | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | May 11, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Telework mandateFace-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-036 | Executive Order No. 2021-25State of Emergency | Governor Henry McMaster | South CarolinaState | May 22, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-054 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended June 15, 2021) (2021-06-15-01)Trial-court order in force through Q3 2021: masks per the July 30, 2020 order, six-foot distancing, 113 square feet per person, fever… | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | June 15, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-045 | Act No. 94 of 2021, Part IB, Provisos 1.108 (SDE: Mask Mandate Prohibition) and 117.190 (GP: Masks at Higher Education Facilities)Budget provisos prohibiting the use of appropriated funds to require masks in K-12 education facilities and to condition unmasked presence… | General Assembly of South Carolina (H. 4100, ratified R. 116, June 21, 2021) | South CarolinaState | June 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-15-089 | Proviso 1.108 (no school district may use appropriated funds to require students or staff to wear face masks); upheld by the South Carolina Supreme Court Sept. 2, 2021 (City of Columbia); enforcement enjoined Sept. 28, 2021 (Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster)Proviso 1.108 (school mask-mandate funding ban) | South Carolina General Assembly (2021-22 Appropriations Act, H. 4100, Proviso 1.108); U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (Lewis, J.) | South CarolinaState | June 22, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SC-055 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (extension) (2021-07-30-01)Extension of the June 15, 2021 trial-court order to August 31, 2021 | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | July 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-058 | Ordinance No. 2021-068, Emergency Order by the Mayor Declaring a State of Emergency (Facial Coverings)Emergency order requiring facial coverings in all buildings at public and private schools and daycares within the City | Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City Council | City of Columbia, South CarolinaCity | Aug. 4, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-059 | Ordinance No. 2021-069, Ratifying Ordinance 2021-068 Declaring State of Emergency (Facial Coverings)Council ratification of the Mayor's school and daycare facial-covering emergency order | Columbia City Council | City of Columbia, South CarolinaCity | Aug. 5, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SC-040 | Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053Declaratory judgment that Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate at a public institution of higher learning | Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction) | South CarolinaCourt | Aug. 17, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-056 | Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended August 27, 2021) (2021-08-27-01)Complete revision of the trial-court order; mitigation measures left to the Chief Justice; ninety-day term | Supreme Court of South Carolina | South CarolinaCourt | Aug. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |